The Minnesota Timberwolves are trending towards experience — and then some — as they mull their choice for a head coach. Vagabond candidate Larry Brown will be among the next to interview for the Timberwolves’ vacant head coaching position. After interviewing Don Nelson over the weekend, Minnesota general manager David Kahn is again considering a veteran coach […]
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It is the basic rule of thumb for NBA players and coaches when it comes to drawing technical fouls. If you’re going to get teed up, make sure to get your money’s worth. A tech, after all, results in a fine of at least $2,000. Then there’s Chad Buchanan, interim general manager of the Portland […]
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Matheus Cezar of the interesting Spanish NBA blog Paixaonba.com is spending the lockout attacking an interesting project. Cezar developed 12-man rosters for each NBA team based on the greatest players in that franchise’s history. And I can’t really quibble about his starters or the 12 players he selected for the Spurs. Here’s his all-time Spurs […]
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A variety of Spurs figures and teams are among the nominees for the San Antonio Sports Foundation’s San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame. Topping the list is in a new category where the greatest teams in San Antonio sports history will be honored. It’s not surprising that the 1999 Spurs team, the first NBA championship team […]
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Blog brother Scott Bailey of the San Antonio Business Journal makes an interesting point about the Spurs that is topical considering the controversy of Kareem Abdul-Jabban and his long-promised statue at the Staples Center. Bailey proposes erecting statues are at the AT&T Center, adding that his picks would be for monuments immortalizing George Gervin, David Robinson and […]
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Spurs guard Gary Neal was selected by NBA coaches as a member of the league’s first-team All-Rookie squad. It was a sweet ending for Neal, who played for three seasons in Europe after he went undrafted after his college career at LaSalle and Towson State. He becomes the second undrafted rookie to make the first-team […]
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The always biting website Awful Announcing has repeatedly taken NBA-TV to task this week for its broadcasting of the first round of the playoffs. As a money-saving consideration — understandable considering the likelihood of a work stoppage — the NBA is penching a few pennies by picking up a local broadcasting feed rather than […]
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The unexpectedly strong season has captured the attention of television viewers across Spurs Nation. According to statistics compiled by the Sports Business Daily, the Spurs’ average television rating for their cable games on Fox Sports Southwest average a 10.19 rating. That total is nearly double the second-place team in the league, Utah with a 5.60 […]
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Our week-long look at Slam Magazine and its top 500 players in NBA history today will include those Spurs who were selected from 100 through 199. The Spurs have seven players who have played a part of their careers with the team inclued in this group, including two important players on their current roster. Here’s […]
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We started counting down the top players in Slam Magazine’s opinionated listing of the top 500 players in NBA history. Here’s a look at Spurs players who were ranked from 300-399. 399. Vernon Maxwell: Averaged 11.0 points and 3.0 assists per game during a 200-game career in two stints with the Spurs from 1988-90 and […]
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